ADAM WILK
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LEFT HANDED PITCHER
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Born: December 9, 1987 Height: 6’2″ Weight: 180 Bats: Left Throws: Left Drafted: 11th round, 330th overall, 2009 (Tigers) How Acquired: Minor league free agent College: California State Univ., Long Beach Agent: N/A |
WTM’S PIRATE PLAYER PROFILES |
Wilk is a soft-tossing lefty. His fastball averages only 87-88, but he throws a change, curve and slider, and has very good control. He’s never pitched in relief in the minors. Wilk has consistently produced good results in the minors, but hasn’t missed many bats. He’s also a flyball pitcher. It hasn’t caused him many gopher ball problems in the minors except in AAA. In the majors, he’s allowed seven longballs in just 24.1 IP. He hasn’t had significant platoon splits in the minors, so he might not profile as a LOOGY. The Pirates signed him to a minor league contract for 2014, with an invitation to spring training.
2009 Wilk made seven starts each in short season ball and low A, and put up remarkably similar numbers at each stop. 2010 Wilk pitched very well in high A and even better in three starts in AA. The negative was that he didn’t miss many bats. 2011 Wilk opened the season in AAA, but the Tigers called him up in late May. He made several trips back and forth over the next two months. During his time in AAA, he continued to pitch well with a low K rate. He had some problems with gopher balls, allowing 15. 2012 The Tigers called Wilk up for three spot starts in mid-April and he got hammered, allowing 21 hits in 11 innings. He spent most of the season in AAA and improved over the previous season, allowing fewer hits and missing more bats. After the season, the Tigers released him so he could sign with a Korean team. 2013 Wilk went 4-8, 4.12 in 91.2 IP, but his season ended early due to a shoulder injury. He also appears to have gotten into some sort of beef with his team. 2014 Wilk spent the season mainly as a starter for Indianapolis. He seems to have been more a guy to take up some innings than anything else. He didn’t have an ERA below 4.00 in any month. Opponents batted a healthy 291/341/475 against him. He held left-handed batters to a .647 OPS but right-handed batters put up an .868 OPS. Wilk doesn’t have the seven years for minor league free agency, but he signed a one-year contract with the Pirates, so I believe he’ll be eligible for free agency this fall. |
STATS
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Baseball Reference–Majors Baseball Reference–Minors Fangraphs MLB.com MiLB.com |
CONTRACT INFORMATION
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2015: Minor league contract |
PLAYER INFORMATION
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Signing Bonus: $68,000 MiLB Debut: 2009 MLB Debut: 5/26/2011 MiLB FA Eligible: Eligible MLB FA Eligible: 2019 Rule 5 Eligible: Eligible Added to 40-Man: 5/24/2011 Options Remaining: 1 (USED: 2011, 2012) MLB Service Time: 0.052 |
TRANSACTIONS
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June 9, 2009: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 11th round, 330th overall pick; signed on June 18. May 24, 2011: Contract purchased by the Detroit Tigers. December 19, 2012: Released by the Detroit Tigers. December 18, 2013: Signed as a minor league free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates. |